WEEKLY POWER RANKINGS

4-11-15

The Curse Is Broken (For Griff)

15 Brendon - As the 2nd to last pick in draft, Brendon played like the last pick in the draft. After Griff shattered his arm in six places, Nicks team had no shot at winning the cup. Make sure you send Nick an email letting him know how you feel about today's events.

14 Elliot - Funny how the player Brendon pleaded with Nick to trade for, did little all day. We can only imagine how they would've done on the same team.

13 Melo - He didn't cost his team any game; in fact, he played better than usual. It's just that he didn't win any games for his team. But if I were you Melo, I'd be blaming my team for not scoring enough. But just remember, you still weren't great. Full court, arching goals should never happen.

12 Iggy - He did what he needed to do. He cleared the ball, he blocked shots, and he only over committed leaving the other team with a 2 on 1 overtime game winner once.

11 Tony - Played good till the finals came. Angles were off, had holes in his jersey and dropped that glove nice and low for Griff to take advantage of.

10 Andrew - Nothing impressive. That is, until the playoffs. Andrew was carrying his team and being clutch while all his teammates were spent. Maybe all his teammates should have jogged every game during the season too.

9 MVW - Came flying out of the gate with the first goal of the day but cooled off quickly. What a difference a year can make. From MVP one year, to barely cracking the top 10 the next.

8 Borges - I don't know how much Brendon's slash had to do with it, but Borges didn't take over the game like he could have with his usual shut down defense. At one point he was even belly laughing during play. You might think it's a joke, but going 4 years with no Haverhill Cup victory is an even bigger joke.

7 Joe - The small rink was a blessing for Joe. Too small to go around him and there's no way you're getting through the classic knee slide. Blocking shots all day and chipping in with key goals especially with The GW in the clinching game.

6 Jared - Recounting an event accurately was never Jared's strong suit. With Johnny "firing" the ball at the net and with his shot hitting the "dead center of the net" but more surprising was that scoring goals wasn't his strong suit in this year. He has to be disappointed that his most memorable plays was losing to Johnny in every way after he slashed his stick. But I guess he did get the last laugh.

5 Johnny - He did his job for sure. He scored goals all day and even into the playoffs. One of these years he'll get to the finals. Maybe the year we drop down to 2 teams he'll win.

4 Nick - He had to make the trade. He really did. And Brett thanks you from the bottom of his heart. But Nick stepped up his game by throwing some goals in the ocean (albeit during celebration time) which helped to pick up the slack of his teammates.

3 Brett - He played great. He had some good defense in front of him, but Brett was good at weathering the momentum of the other teams and making sure it didn't amount to anything. Goalies ended up being a bigger factor than I thought. I mean way bigger.

2 Griff - Take that monkey off your back and shoot it in the face. Griff stepped up his game big time. According to Brendon's database, Griff played 843% above his normal quality of play in this years Haverhill Cup.

1 Ron - What a display Ron put on this year. Instead of being buried on defense like last year where Jared wouldn't let him shine, Ron took control, dumped Jared on Nick, and carried his team to glory with goal after goal after goal. Ron was controlling the ball and being so gritty and borderline illegal that It would've made Demaio proud. Unanimous MVP for the 2015 Haverhill Cup.